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22 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

I love ‘em all - Parmesan, Gouda, Stilto....

 

 

....wait, what....the CHESS discussion thread?  

 

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Worth mentioning that their are a few cheese haters on the forum. Cheese, Olives, Bread = My Heaven

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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here we go again...:hairpull:

 

if the Saeid Mollaei's saga wasn't enough, now we have another :IRI "Iranian trouble"...this time in the Chess world!!! :yikes::cry::facepalm:

 

@MHSN did you hear about this one?

is this news making the headlines in Iran or does it just stay below the radar?

 

"The Iranian chess star and the country's top player Alireza Firouzja is considering changing his nationality after the Iranian chess federation withdrew its players from the upcoming World Rapid & Blitz in Moscow, according to the Iranian chess federation.

 

The federation had objected to Parham Maghsoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei playing games against Israeli opponents in a blitz tournament that was part of the recent Sunway Sitges Chess Festival.

 

Subsequently, the federation decided to withdraw participation of all Iranian players from the World Rapid & Blitz, but Firouzja has not gone along with this decision.

 

"Firouzja has made his decision and has told us that he wants to change his nationality," the Iranian Chess Federation's president, Mehrdad Pahlavanzadeh, told the news agency Tasnim.

 

Firouzja is currently listed in the FIDE database as a registered player—but not an Iranian player—after the news was released, and is now recognized as "FIDE licensed" on his official profile."

 

https://www.chess.com/news/view/firouzja-seeks-nationality-change-after-world-rapid-blitz-ban-by-iranian-fed

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3 minutes ago, phelps said:

here we go again...:hairpull:

 

if the Saeid Mollaei's saga wasn't enough, now we have another :IRI "Iranian trouble"...this time in the Chess world!!! :yikes::cry::facepalm:

 

@MHSN did you hear about this one?

is this news making the headlines in Iran or does it just stay below the radar?

 

 

of course I knew, and indeed it was on top of the headlines for couple of days, even though most headlines here belong to an Italian guy Stramaccioni in past couple of weeks :d

 

Firouzja didn't talk to any media about this. so we don't know his exact reason but forcing to withdraw against Israeli opponents is probably one of the reasons.

 

after Judo now we are in trouble in Chess, apparently until 2019 it was a rule you could use to avoid whoever you don't want to face in Swiss table. FIDE changed that rule and that's when the problem started ! last week two of our players (Iran's #2 and #3 Maghsoudloo and Tabatabaei) were in a tournament in Spain and they both faced and beat an Israeli opponent !! they both claimed they didn't know the guy and it was a blitz competition without a flag on the table next to the players. that caused some "problems" here, and therefore Iran decided to not participate in the World Rapid/Blitz Championship, (or at least not sending a male team, there will be female players from Iran)

 

and that's when Firouzja revealed his old plan, he was living in France for few months and we had rumors he wants to eventually switch nationality, this accident probably forced him to do it sooner. so I can say this is probably not directly related to Israel but that was one of the reasons. this is different than Mollaei, this is his right to live wherever he wants and unfortunately he prefers somewhere else. Mollaei is a cheating liar.

 

The truth is this is not really surprising, he is considered a great talent and the situation in Iran is really bad these days. mostly financially, these guys had to pay for their expenses (tickets, visa etc) another thing is 10 years ago it was considered VERY BAD , treason or something like that but when something happens again and again this is not "bad" anymore. and unfortunately I won't be surprised to hear news about this again in the future.  :cry:

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and here we have the full results of the Rapid & Blitz World Champs...

 

 

Rapid Worlds

 

Men's Event

Gold: :NOR Magnus Carlsen

Silver: :WHT:IRI Alireza Firouzja

Bronze: :USA Hikaru Nakamura

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499127.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=15&flag=30&zeilen=99999

 

Women's Event

Gold: :IND Humpy Koneru

Silver: :CHN Lei Tongjie

Bronze: :TUR Ekaterina Atalik

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499128.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=12&flag=30

 

 

Blitz Worlds

 

Men's Event

Gold: :NOR Magnus Carlsen

Silver: :USA Hikaru Nakamura

Bronze: :RUS Vladimir Kramnik

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499129.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=21&flag=30&zeilen=99999

 

Women's Event

Gold: :RUS Kateryna Lagno

Silver: :UKR Anna Muzychuk

Bronze: :CHN Tan Zhongyi

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499130.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=17&flag=30

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7 minutes ago, phelps said:

and here we have the full results of the Rapid & Blitz World Champs...

 

 

Rapid Worlds

 

Men's Event

Gold: :NOR Magnus Carlsen

Silver: :WHT:IRI Alireza Firouzja

Bronze: :USA Hikaru Nakamura

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499127.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=15&flag=30&zeilen=99999

 

Women's Event

Gold: :IND Humpy Koneru

Silver: :CHN Lei Tongjie

Bronze: :TUR Ekaterina Atalik

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499128.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=12&flag=30

 

 

Blitz Worlds

 

Men's Event

Gold: :NOR Magnus Carlsen

Silver: :USA Hikaru Nakamura

Bronze: :RUS Vladimir Kramnik

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499129.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=21&flag=30&zeilen=99999

 

Women's Event

Gold: :RUS Kateryna Lagno

Silver: :UKR Anna Muzychuk

Bronze: :CHN Tan Zhongyi

 

Full Ranking:

http://chess-results.com/tnr499130.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=17&flag=30

Full replay of the tournament: 

 

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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I created this puzzle, it's from a game I watched. You need to push for an Advantage.

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2x TWF Universal Champion - 69 days

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